hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
surely; certainly; without doubt
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
vents at the hips of a pair of hakama
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
assistance; backing; reinforcements
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to knock down; to knock off
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb